diff --git a/common/src/test/bin/smart-apply-patch.sh b/common/src/test/bin/smart-apply-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3334c2bd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/test/bin/smart-apply-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+PATCH_FILE=$1
+if [ -z "$PATCH_FILE" ]; then
+  echo usage: $0 patch-file
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PATCH=${PATCH:-patch} # allow overriding patch binary
+
+# Cleanup handler for temporary files
+TOCLEAN=""
+cleanup() {
+  rm $TOCLEAN
+  exit $1
+}
+trap "cleanup 1" HUP INT QUIT TERM
+
+# Allow passing "-" for stdin patches
+if [ "$PATCH_FILE" == "-" ]; then
+  PATCH_FILE=/tmp/tmp.in.$$
+  cat /dev/fd/0 > $PATCH_FILE
+  TOCLEAN="$TOCLEAN $PATCH_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Come up with a list of changed files into $TMP
+TMP=/tmp/tmp.paths.$$
+TOCLEAN="$TOCLEAN $TMP"
+grep '^+++\|^---' $PATCH_FILE | cut -c '5-' | grep -v /dev/null | sort | uniq > $TMP
+
+# Assume p0 to start
+PLEVEL=0
+
+# if all of the lines start with a/ or b/, then this is a git patch that
+# was generated without --no-prefix
+if ! grep -qv '^a/\|^b/' $TMP ; then
+  echo Looks like this is a git patch. Stripping a/ and b/ prefixes
+  echo and incrementing PLEVEL
+  PLEVEL=$[$PLEVEL + 1]
+  sed -i -e 's,^[ab]/,,' $TMP
+fi
+
+# if all of the lines start with common/, hdfs/, or mapreduce/, this is
+# relative to the hadoop root instead of the subproject root, so we need
+# to chop off another layer
+PREFIX_DIRS=$(cut -d '/' -f 1 $TMP | sort | uniq)
+if [[ "$PREFIX_DIRS" =~ ^(hdfs|common|mapreduce)$ ]]; then
+
+  echo Looks like this is relative to project root. Increasing PLEVEL
+  PLEVEL=$[$PLEVEL + 1]
+elif ! echo "$PREFIX_DIRS" | grep -vxq 'common\|hdfs\|mapreduce' ; then
+  echo Looks like this is a cross-subproject patch. Not supported!
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo Going to apply patch with: $PATCH -p$PLEVEL
+$PATCH -p$PLEVEL -E < $PATCH_FILE
+
+cleanup 0
diff --git a/common/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh b/common/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7e87c86641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,701 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+
+#set -x
+ulimit -n 1024
+
+### Setup some variables.  
+### SVN_REVISION and BUILD_URL are set by Hudson if it is run by patch process
+### Read variables from properties file
+bindir=$(dirname $0)
+. $bindir/../test-patch.properties
+
+###############################################################################
+parseArgs() {
+  case "$1" in
+    HUDSON)
+      ### Set HUDSON to true to indicate that this script is being run by Hudson
+      HUDSON=true
+      if [[ $# != 16 ]] ; then
+        echo "ERROR: usage $0 HUDSON <PATCH_DIR> <SUPPORT_DIR> <PS_CMD> <WGET_CMD> <JIRACLI> <SVN_CMD> <GREP_CMD> <PATCH_CMD> <FINDBUGS_HOME> <FORREST_HOME> <ECLIPSE_HOME> <WORKSPACE_BASEDIR> <JIRA_PASSWD> <CURL_CMD> <DEFECT> "
+        cleanupAndExit 0
+      fi
+      PATCH_DIR=$2
+      SUPPORT_DIR=$3
+      PS=$4
+      WGET=$5
+      JIRACLI=$6
+      SVN=$7
+      GREP=$8
+      PATCH=$9
+      FINDBUGS_HOME=${10}
+      FORREST_HOME=${11}
+      ECLIPSE_HOME=${12}
+      BASEDIR=${13}
+      JIRA_PASSWD=${14}
+      CURL=${15}
+      defect=${16}
+		
+      ### Retrieve the defect number
+      if [ -z "$defect" ] ; then
+        echo "Could not determine the patch to test.  Exiting."
+        cleanupAndExit 0
+      fi
+
+      if [ ! -e "$PATCH_DIR" ] ; then
+        mkdir -p $PATCH_DIR 
+      fi
+
+      ECLIPSE_PROPERTY="-Declipse.home=$ECLIPSE_HOME"
+      ;;
+    DEVELOPER)
+      ### Set HUDSON to false to indicate that this script is being run by a developer
+      HUDSON=false
+      if [[ $# != 9 ]] ; then
+        echo "ERROR: usage $0 DEVELOPER <PATCH_FILE> <SCRATCH_DIR> <SVN_CMD> <GREP_CMD> <PATCH_CMD> <FINDBUGS_HOME> <FORREST_HOME> <WORKSPACE_BASEDIR>"
+        cleanupAndExit 0
+      fi
+      ### PATCH_FILE contains the location of the patchfile
+      PATCH_FILE=$2 
+      if [[ ! -e "$PATCH_FILE" ]] ; then
+        echo "Unable to locate the patch file $PATCH_FILE"
+        cleanupAndExit 0
+      fi
+      PATCH_DIR=$3
+      ### Check if $PATCH_DIR exists. If it does not exist, create a new directory
+      if [[ ! -e "$PATCH_DIR" ]] ; then
+	mkdir "$PATCH_DIR"
+	if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then 
+	  echo "$PATCH_DIR has been created"
+	else
+	  echo "Unable to create $PATCH_DIR"
+	  cleanupAndExit 0
+	fi
+      fi
+      SVN=$4
+      GREP=$5
+      PATCH=$6
+      FINDBUGS_HOME=$7
+      FORREST_HOME=$8
+      BASEDIR=$9
+      ### Obtain the patch filename to append it to the version number
+      defect=`basename $PATCH_FILE` 
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "ERROR: usage $0 HUDSON [args] | DEVELOPER [args]"
+      cleanupAndExit 0
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+checkout () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Testing patch for ${defect}."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  ### When run by a developer, if the workspace contains modifications, do not continue
+  status=`$SVN stat --ignore-externals | sed -e '/^X[ ]*/D'`
+  if [[ $HUDSON == "false" ]] ; then
+    if [[ "$status" != "" ]] ; then
+      echo "ERROR: can't run in a workspace that contains the following modifications"
+      echo "$status"
+      cleanupAndExit 1
+    fi
+  else   
+    cd $BASEDIR
+    $SVN revert -R .
+    rm -rf `$SVN status --no-ignore`
+    $SVN update
+  fi
+  return $?
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+setup () {
+  ### Download latest patch file (ignoring .htm and .html) when run from patch process
+  if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+    $WGET -q -O $PATCH_DIR/jira http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/$defect
+    if [[ `$GREP -c 'Patch Available' $PATCH_DIR/jira` == 0 ]] ; then
+      echo "$defect is not \"Patch Available\".  Exiting."
+      cleanupAndExit 0
+    fi
+    relativePatchURL=`$GREP -o '"/jira/secure/attachment/[0-9]*/[^"]*' $PATCH_DIR/jira | $GREP -v -e 'htm[l]*$' | sort | tail -1 | $GREP -o '/jira/secure/attachment/[0-9]*/[^"]*'`
+    patchURL="http://issues.apache.org${relativePatchURL}"
+    patchNum=`echo $patchURL | $GREP -o '[0-9]*/' | $GREP -o '[0-9]*'`
+    echo "$defect patch is being downloaded at `date` from"
+    echo "$patchURL"
+    $WGET -q -O $PATCH_DIR/patch $patchURL
+    VERSION=${SVN_REVISION}_${defect}_PATCH-${patchNum}
+    JIRA_COMMENT="Here are the results of testing the latest attachment 
+  $patchURL
+  against trunk revision ${SVN_REVISION}."
+
+    ### Copy in any supporting files needed by this process
+    cp -r $SUPPORT_DIR/lib/* ./lib
+    #PENDING: cp -f $SUPPORT_DIR/etc/checkstyle* ./src/test
+  ### Copy the patch file to $PATCH_DIR
+  else
+    VERSION=PATCH-${defect}
+    cp $PATCH_FILE $PATCH_DIR/patch
+    if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then
+      echo "Patch file $PATCH_FILE copied to $PATCH_DIR"
+    else
+      echo "Could not copy $PATCH_FILE to $PATCH_DIR"
+      cleanupAndExit 0
+    fi
+  fi
+  ### exit if warnings are NOT defined in the properties file
+  if [ -z "$OK_FINDBUGS_WARNINGS" ] || [[ -z "$OK_JAVADOC_WARNINGS" ]] || [[ -z $OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS ]]; then
+    echo "Please define the following properties in test-patch.properties file"
+	 echo  "OK_FINDBUGS_WARNINGS"
+	 echo  "OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS"
+	 echo  "OK_JAVADOC_WARNINGS"
+    cleanupAndExit 1
+  fi
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo " Pre-build trunk to verify trunk stability and javac warnings" 
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant  -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+ $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
+  if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+    echo "Trunk compilation is broken?"
+    cleanupAndExit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check for @author tags in the patch
+checkAuthor () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Checking there are no @author tags in the patch."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  authorTags=`$GREP -c -i '@author' $PATCH_DIR/patch`
+  echo "There appear to be $authorTags @author tags in the patch."
+  if [[ $authorTags != 0 ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 @author.  The patch appears to contain $authorTags @author tags which the Hadoop community has agreed to not allow in code contributions."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 @author.  The patch does not contain any @author tags."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check for tests in the patch
+checkTests () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Checking there are new or changed tests in the patch."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  testReferences=`$GREP -c -i '/test' $PATCH_DIR/patch`
+  echo "There appear to be $testReferences test files referenced in the patch."
+  if [[ $testReferences == 0 ]] ; then
+    if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+      patchIsDoc=`$GREP -c -i 'title="documentation' $PATCH_DIR/jira`
+      if [[ $patchIsDoc != 0 ]] ; then
+        echo "The patch appears to be a documentation patch that doesn't require tests."
+        JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +0 tests included.  The patch appears to be a documentation patch that doesn't require tests."
+        return 0
+      fi
+    fi
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 tests included.  The patch doesn't appear to include any new or modified tests.
+                        Please justify why no new tests are needed for this patch.
+                        Also please list what manual steps were performed to verify this patch."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 tests included.  The patch appears to include $testReferences new or modified tests."
+  return 0
+}
+
+cleanUpXml () {
+  cd $BASEDIR/conf
+  for file in `ls *.xml.template`
+    do
+      rm -f `basename $file .template`
+    done
+  cd $BASEDIR  
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Attempt to apply the patch
+applyPatch () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Applying patch."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  export PATCH
+  $bindir/smart-apply-patch.sh $PATCH_DIR/patch
+  if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+    echo "PATCH APPLICATION FAILED"
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 patch.  The patch command could not apply the patch."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check there are no javadoc warnings
+checkJavadocWarnings () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Determining number of patched javadoc warnings."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean javadoc | tee $PATCH_DIR/patchJavadocWarnings.txt"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean javadoc | tee $PATCH_DIR/patchJavadocWarnings.txt
+  javadocWarnings=`$GREP -o '\[javadoc\] [0-9]* warning' $PATCH_DIR/patchJavadocWarnings.txt | awk '{total += $2} END {print total}'`
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "There appear to be $javadocWarnings javadoc warnings generated by the patched build."
+
+  ### if current warnings greater than OK_JAVADOC_WARNINGS
+  if [[ $javadocWarnings > $OK_JAVADOC_WARNINGS ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 javadoc.  The javadoc tool appears to have generated `expr $(($javadocWarnings-$OK_JAVADOC_WARNINGS))` warning messages."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 javadoc.  The javadoc tool did not generate any warning messages."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check there are no changes in the number of Javac warnings
+checkJavacWarnings () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Determining number of patched javac warnings."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Djavac.args="-Xlint -Xmaxwarns 1000" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= clean tar > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
+  if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 javac.  The patch appears to cause tar ant target to fail."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  ### Compare trunk and patch javac warning numbers
+  if [[ -f $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt ]] ; then
+    trunkJavacWarnings=`$GREP -o '\[javac\] [0-9]* warning' $PATCH_DIR/trunkJavacWarnings.txt | awk '{total += $2} END {print total}'`
+    patchJavacWarnings=`$GREP -o '\[javac\] [0-9]* warning' $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt | awk '{total += $2} END {print total}'`
+    echo "There appear to be $trunkJavacWarnings javac compiler warnings before the patch and $patchJavacWarnings javac compiler warnings after applying the patch."
+    if [[ $patchJavacWarnings != "" && $trunkJavacWarnings != "" ]] ; then
+      if [[ $patchJavacWarnings -gt $trunkJavacWarnings ]] ; then
+        JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 javac.  The applied patch generated $patchJavacWarnings javac compiler warnings (more than the trunk's current $trunkJavacWarnings warnings)."
+        return 1
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 javac.  The applied patch does not increase the total number of javac compiler warnings."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check there are no changes in the number of release audit (RAT) warnings
+checkReleaseAuditWarnings () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Determining number of patched release audit warnings."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= releaseaudit > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= releaseaudit > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt 2>&1
+
+  ### Compare trunk and patch release audit warning numbers
+  if [[ -f $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt ]] ; then
+    patchReleaseAuditWarnings=`$GREP -c '\!?????' $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt`
+    echo ""
+    echo ""
+    echo "There appear to be $OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS release audit warnings before the patch and $patchReleaseAuditWarnings release audit warnings after applying the patch."
+    if [[ $patchReleaseAuditWarnings != "" && $OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS != "" ]] ; then
+      if [[ $patchReleaseAuditWarnings -gt $OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS ]] ; then
+        JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 release audit.  The applied patch generated $patchReleaseAuditWarnings release audit warnings (more than the trunk's current $OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS warnings)."
+        $GREP '\!?????' $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
+        echo "Lines that start with ????? in the release audit report indicate files that do not have an Apache license header." >> $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
+        JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER="Release audit warnings: $BUILD_URL/artifact/trunk/patchprocess/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
+$JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
+        return 1
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 release audit.  The applied patch does not increase the total number of release audit warnings."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check there are no changes in the number of Checkstyle warnings
+checkStyle () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Determining number of patched checkstyle warnings."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "THIS IS NOT IMPLEMENTED YET"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= checkstyle"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= checkstyle
+  JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER="Checkstyle results: $BUILD_URL/artifact/trunk/build/test/checkstyle-errors.html
+$JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
+  ### TODO: calculate actual patchStyleErrors
+#  patchStyleErrors=0
+#  if [[ $patchStyleErrors != 0 ]] ; then
+#    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+#
+#    -1 checkstyle.  The patch generated $patchStyleErrors code style errors."
+#    return 1
+#  fi
+#  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+#
+#    +1 checkstyle.  The patch generated 0 code style errors."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Check there are no changes in the number of Findbugs warnings
+checkFindbugsWarnings () {
+  findbugs_version=`${FINDBUGS_HOME}/bin/findbugs -version`
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Determining number of patched Findbugs warnings."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dfindbugs.home=$FINDBUGS_HOME -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= findbugs"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -Dfindbugs.home=${FINDBUGS_HOME} -Dforrest.home=${FORREST_HOME} -DHadoopPatchProcess= findbugs
+  if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 findbugs.  The patch appears to cause Findbugs (version ${findbugs_version}) to fail."
+    return 1
+  fi
+JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER="Findbugs warnings: $BUILD_URL/artifact/trunk/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.html
+$JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
+  cp $BASEDIR/build/test/findbugs/*.xml $PATCH_DIR/patchFindbugsWarnings.xml
+  $FINDBUGS_HOME/bin/setBugDatabaseInfo -timestamp "01/01/2000" \
+    $PATCH_DIR/patchFindbugsWarnings.xml \
+    $PATCH_DIR/patchFindbugsWarnings.xml
+  findbugsWarnings=`$FINDBUGS_HOME/bin/filterBugs -first "01/01/2000" $PATCH_DIR/patchFindbugsWarnings.xml \
+    $BASEDIR/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.xml | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}'`
+  $FINDBUGS_HOME/bin/convertXmlToText -html \
+    $BASEDIR/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.xml \
+    $BASEDIR/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.html
+  cp $BASEDIR/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.html $PATCH_DIR/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.html
+  cp $BASEDIR/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.xml $PATCH_DIR/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.xml
+
+  ### if current warnings greater than OK_FINDBUGS_WARNINGS
+  if [[ $findbugsWarnings > $OK_FINDBUGS_WARNINGS ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 findbugs.  The patch appears to introduce `expr $(($findbugsWarnings-$OK_FINDBUGS_WARNINGS))` new Findbugs (version ${findbugs_version}) warnings."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 findbugs.  The patch does not introduce any new Findbugs (version ${findbugs_version}) warnings."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Run the test-core target
+runCoreTests () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Running core tests."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  
+  ### Kill any rogue build processes from the last attempt
+  $PS auxwww | $GREP HadoopPatchProcess | /usr/bin/nawk '{print $2}' | /usr/bin/xargs -t -I {} /bin/kill -9 {} > /dev/null
+  PreTestTarget=""
+  if [[ $defect == MAPREDUCE-* ]] ; then
+     PreTestTarget="create-c++-configure"
+  fi
+
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME $PreTestTarget test-core"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME  $PreTestTarget test-core
+  if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+    ### Find and format names of failed tests
+    failed_tests=`grep -l -E "<failure|<error" $WORKSPACE/trunk/build/test/*.xml | sed -e "s|.*build/test/TEST-|                  |g" | sed -e "s|\.xml||g"`
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 core tests.  The patch failed these core unit tests:
+$failed_tests"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 core tests.  The patch passed core unit tests."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Run the test-contrib target
+runContribTests () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Running contrib tests."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+
+  if [[ `$GREP -c 'test-contrib' build.xml` == 0 ]] ; then
+    echo "No contrib tests in this project."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  ### Kill any rogue build processes from the last attempt
+  $PS auxwww | $GREP HadoopPatchProcess | /usr/bin/nawk '{print $2}' | /usr/bin/xargs -t -I {} /bin/kill -9 {} > /dev/null
+
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no test-contrib"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" $ECLIPSE_PROPERTY -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no test-contrib
+  if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 contrib tests.  The patch failed contrib unit tests."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 contrib tests.  The patch passed contrib unit tests."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Run the inject-system-faults target
+checkInjectSystemFaults () {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Checking the integrity of system test framework code."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  
+  ### Kill any rogue build processes from the last attempt
+  $PS auxwww | $GREP HadoopPatchProcess | /usr/bin/nawk '{print $2}' | /usr/bin/xargs -t -I {} /bin/kill -9 {} > /dev/null
+
+  echo "$ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME inject-system-faults"
+  $ANT_HOME/bin/ant -Dversion="${VERSION}" -DHadoopPatchProcess= -Dtest.junit.output.format=xml -Dtest.output=no -Dcompile.c++=yes -Dforrest.home=$FORREST_HOME inject-system-faults
+  if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    -1 system test framework.  The patch failed system test framework compile."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
+
+    +1 system test framework.  The patch passed system test framework compile."
+  return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Submit a comment to the defect's Jira
+submitJiraComment () {
+  local result=$1
+  ### Do not output the value of JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER when run by a developer
+  if [[  $HUDSON == "false" ]] ; then
+    JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER=""
+  fi
+  if [[ $result == 0 ]] ; then
+    comment="+1 overall.  $JIRA_COMMENT
+
+$JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
+  else
+    comment="-1 overall.  $JIRA_COMMENT
+
+$JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
+  fi
+  ### Output the test result to the console
+  echo "
+
+
+
+$comment"  
+
+  if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+    echo ""
+    echo ""
+    echo "======================================================================"
+    echo "======================================================================"
+    echo "    Adding comment to Jira."
+    echo "======================================================================"
+    echo "======================================================================"
+    echo ""
+    echo ""
+    ### Update Jira with a comment
+    export USER=hudson
+    $JIRACLI -s https://issues.apache.org/jira -a addcomment -u hadoopqa -p $JIRA_PASSWD --comment "$comment" --issue $defect
+    $JIRACLI -s https://issues.apache.org/jira -a logout -u hadoopqa -p $JIRA_PASSWD
+  fi
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+### Cleanup files
+cleanupAndExit () {
+  local result=$1
+  if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+    if [ -e "$PATCH_DIR" ] ; then
+      mv $PATCH_DIR $BASEDIR
+    fi
+  fi
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "    Finished build."
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  exit $result
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+
+JIRA_COMMENT=""
+JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER="Console output: $BUILD_URL/console
+
+This message is automatically generated."
+
+### Check if arguments to the script have been specified properly or not
+parseArgs $@
+cd $BASEDIR
+
+checkout
+RESULT=$?
+if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+  if [[ $RESULT != 0 ]] ; then
+    exit 100
+  fi
+fi
+setup
+checkAuthor
+RESULT=$?
+
+if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+  cleanUpXml
+fi
+checkTests
+(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+applyPatch
+if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
+  submitJiraComment 1
+  cleanupAndExit 1
+fi
+checkJavadocWarnings
+(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+checkJavacWarnings
+(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+### Checkstyle not implemented yet
+#checkStyle
+#(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+checkFindbugsWarnings
+(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+checkReleaseAuditWarnings
+(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+### Do not call these when run by a developer 
+if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
+  runCoreTests
+  (( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+  runContribTests
+  (( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+fi
+checkInjectSystemFaults
+(( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
+JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER="Test results: $BUILD_URL/testReport/
+$JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
+
+submitJiraComment $RESULT
+cleanupAndExit $RESULT